Han Chips Up

Taehoon Han began the day third in chips and just spun up his stack a fair amount in two back-to-back hands.

In the first, action folded to Han on the button and he raised to 48,000. Scott Janik three-bet to 144,000 from the big blind and Han came over the top for 280,000, sending Janik into the tank. He ultimately folded and Han took the pot.

In the next hand, Mitsuru Sano raised to 48,000 from early position and Han called from the cutoff. The flop came , Sano bet 40,000, and Han called. The turn brought the and Sano bet again, 75,000 this time, and Han called. The river was the and Sano check-called a bet of 130,000 from Han who flipped over for a flopped set of tens. Sano mucked and Han took the pot.